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Michael Clark (sportsman)

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Michael Clark
Personal information
Full name Michael Wayne Clark
Date of birth (1978-03-31) 31 March 1978 (age 46)
Place of birth Perth, Western Australia
Original team(s) Swan Districts (WAFL)
Draft

Fremantle: Zone selection, 1995

Collingwood: 88th overall, 1999
Height 191 cm (6 ft 3 in)
Weight 86 kg (190 lb)
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1996–1999 Fremantle 1 (0)
2000 Collingwood 0 (0)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 2000.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com
Cricket information
BattingRight-handed
BowlingLeft-arm medium-fast
RoleBowler
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2001/02–2005/06Western Australia
2003Warwickshire
LA debut16 January 2002 Western Australia v Victoria
Last LA4 November 2005 West Australia v New South Wales
FC debut18 January 2002 Western Australia v Victoria
Last FC17 October 2004 Western Australia v Tasmania
Career statistics
Competition First-class List A
Matches 17 12
Runs scored 139 58
Batting average 10.69 29.00
100s/50s 0/0 0/0
Top score 26 27
Balls bowled 2,904 593
Wickets 49 17
Bowling average 28.71 30.58
5 wickets in innings 1 0
10 wickets in match 0 0
Best bowling 5/47 3/34
Catches/stumpings 10/– 5/–
Source: CricketArchive, 5 October 2008

Michael Wayne Clark (born 31 March 1978) is an Australian former cricketer and Australian rules footballer.

Football career

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Clark had shoulder problems when he played with Swan Districts in 1996, and in 1997 required a knee reconstruction.

The son of former Australian Test cricketer Wayne Clark, he pursued a career in the Australian Football League with the Fremantle Dockers. Drafted in the 1997 AFL Draft, he played only 1 game with the Dockers in 1999. He was delisted at the end of that year to be re-drafted by the Collingwood Football Club in the 1999 AFL Draft, but did not manage a senior game with the club, being delisted during the 2000 season after fracturing his fibula.[1]

Cricket career

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He made his debut with Western Australia in the 2000–2001 season, and after chronic back-injury problems, announced his retirement from cricket in February 2006.[2]

References

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  1. ^ Lovett, Michael, ed. (2001). AFL 2001 The Official Statistical History of the AFL. Melbourne, Victoria: Australian Football League. p. 78. ISBN 0-9585286-7-5.
  2. ^ Michael Clark forced to retire; Cricinfo; 17 February 2006
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